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| 2003-07-10 |
| Just a snippet of an article on Strategy Page I found very amusing: The Special Forces have long been known for developing unique and effective equipment and combat techniques. A recent example of this was seen during the Iraq campaign. One Special Forces team had an impressive audio set up in one of the hummers. A CD player, a powerful amplifier and some good speakers. Music to charm the locals with? Not exactly. The Special Forces team had a collection of realistic battlefield sounds on the CDs, which they used as a "force multiplier" on more than one occasion. In one case, they encountered a well defended bridge that they had to take. But the Special Forces didn’t have enough manpower or firepower to do the job quickly. So they backed off, turned on the CD player and serenaded the defending Iraqis with the sounds of M-1 tanks approaching, getting closer and closer. The Iraqis fled and the bridge was taken without a shot being fired. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #3 That's why they call it psy-op. Next time assume it's a recording until there's tread marks down the middle of your back... Who's gonna take the chance? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-7-10 8:39:45 PM |
| #2 Oh, great. And now the secret's out, so it may not work next time. Sun Tzu would have approved of the tactic. But not its revelation. |
| Posted by: marlowe 2003-7-10 8:36:12 PM |
| #1 The special forces team had a psy-op guy attached. Because the loudspeaker they are talking about is a typical Psy-op deal. they're called man-pack's. Using sound effects to hide or inflate your numbers is just one aspect of "sonic deception" operations. Though I have to tell ya, the speakers have little or no bass to them. they're actually designed for voice, like a big ass bullhorn. -DS "the horns hold up the halo." Psychological Operations - "Because physical wounds heal." |
| Posted by: DeviantSaint 2003-7-10 6:08:27 PM |